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Animal Jobs

I'm soon going off to Writtle horticulture and animal college, but before I go, I need to know which job I would like to 'study for' I have crossed off vets as I am not good with blood. But I'm thinking about farm work, zookeeping, guide dog trainer and kennel worker. Are there any other jobs thÃ t could 'fulfil my needs'?

If you got some work experience in a vets you would soon see the blood thing passes Most newbies hit the deck at some point, but after a while it becomes the norm. As someone said, most any job with animals may involve blood at some point, and if you are too freaked by blood to administer first aid, you would be putting animals at risk.

There's lots of things you can do that can build on your interest of animals although not directly working with them
In a hands on kind of way, eg conservation or something

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Yeah I guess that would be cool
But I need to see what 'offers' there are for me.
Because although it may be hard, I think becoming a Zoo keeper is the most interesting to me.
Plus it would give me the opertunity to work with different species and stuff.
I would really like to work with 'Capybaras meerkats wolves reptiles or elephants' as they are quite different from typical 'domestic' animals. (Although I do love my piggies and doggies).
I could go in forever really
But like I said, open day in December will help me figure it out
Thank you for your help!

Senior Guinea Pig

The big thing in working with animals, that will give you a huge advantage, is experience.

If you haven't already, see if you can get some work experience in a vet surgery. It'll be enough for you to know whether you really can't handle it, in which case you know for sure and won't have the "what-ifs", or it'll make you decide that you want to be a vet nurse for example, and spur you on to solve your problems with blood.